ENTITY_NOT_UPDATEABLE" salesforce error

TL;DR

The object does not support updates through the API (or your profile lacks edit rights). Check the object's API properties and your profile's edit permission.

Error

ENTITY_NOT_UPDATEABLE

Steps

1. Check the object's describe: is it updateable Expected: you confirm the API property.
2. Check your profile's edit permission on the object Expected: you know if it is rights.
3. Use the supported path (some objects need special handling) Expected: the change goes through.
4. Or ask the admin for the right access Expected: rights are fixed.

When to use

• ENTITYNOTUPDATEABLE
• The object or profile blocks updates

When not to use

• The object is updateable (then check record-level locks)
• You need mass updates (then use the right tool)

Tool compatibility

• Salesforce object permissions
• API update calls

Variant phrasings

entitynotupdateable

The object does not support API updates, or your profile lacks edit.

ENTITYNOTUPDATEABLE

Same: check object properties and profile rights.

Why it happens

Some objects are read-only by design (history, share tables). Agents try to update them like normal records.

Edge cases

• Updateable in UI but not API happens too; check both flags
• Field-level edit rights are separate from object edit rights

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst4BCZWMyGV-Sin2hzsQaYg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst4BCZWMyGV-Sin2hzsQaYg

Thread query: "ENTITYNOTUPDATEABLE" salesforce error

TL;DR: The object does not support updates through the API (or your profile lacks edit rights). Check the object's API properties and your profile's edit permission.